Latvian

Adjective

nazāls (def. nazālais, comp. nazālāks, sup. visnazālākais; adv. nazāli)

1. (of voices, sounds) nasal (such that it is accompanied by airflow through the nose)

   akūtu vai hronisku deguna vai blakusdobumu iekaisumu gadījumos balss iegūst deguna vai nazālu pieskaņu‎ ― in case of acute or chronic inflammation of the nose or sinus, the voice acquires a nose(-like) or nasal undertone

2. (phonetics, phonology) nasal (pronounced with simultaneous airflow through the nose)

   nazāla skaņa‎ ― nasal sound

   nazāls līdzskanis‎ ― nasal consonant

   nazāls patskanis‎ ― nasal vowel

Declension

Derived terms

• nazalizēt
• nazālums

Related terms

• nāss, nāsenis